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okay, photos! Strombus Spondylus regius Pleuropoca trapezium Melo Iopha cristagalli Lambis truncata Fusinus undatus All photos are (c) Hubert Bari.

He does own a copy actually. He's even discussed this very topic with Strack in October last year, and here's what he wrote in an article about a year ago: Basically the same thing as Strack's definition.

PEARLS come in all colours, shapes and sizes, and range from black to golden to the palest pink. And, contrary to popular belief, they are not formed by a grain of sand getting inside an oyster. Full article. A good change from the ubiquitous "pearls are formed when a grain of sand..." on the...

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/07/080731-pearls-video-ap.html I think it has been cited by someone on the forum earlier this eyar.

There's a national geographic video about a pearl farm in the gulf somewhere out there. Lemme find that

aaah my subscription has expired! :( gotta renew it.

A few pictures of art nouveau jewelry I have posted a couple of years ago: https://www.pearl-guide.com/forum/natural-pearls/855-jewels-natural-pearls.html

hehe! I bought my first pearls on the riverside market in Brisbane. :rolleyes: I won't tell you the price i paid for that station necklace ;)

Julianne, any news about the guys from Coral Sea Pearls and PSP ?

Looks like simple Betadine to me. Can be bought in any farmacy. Bloody spamfilter forces me to make typos

these pearls look dull and chalky in this pic. Any better photo ?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bitingmidge/sets/72157603664068492/

How about these guys? http://www.islandpearls.net/index.htm Scroll down to Vapor Encapsulation. Has anyone heard of that? I bookmarked that page a couple of years ago, the website hasn't changed.

Wow! Now we're talking! I just can't photo-massacre-shop those. stunning picture.

Minimum nacre thickness for instance. It's not the best example as virtually all CFWP are not bead nucleated, but you get the idea; there is simply no regulations in China.

Glad I made you laugh :) I haven't seen this opera. Maybe one day...

I don't think the Dalai Lama knows about them. they're from the Pripyat River. [/end of thread diversion :D]